1Veterans' Entitlements (Rehabilitation Allowance) Regulations

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Veterans’ Entitlements (Rehabilitation Allowance) Regulations

Statutory Rules 1994 No. 107 as amended

made under the

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

This compilation was prepared on 2 October 1998
taking into account amendments up to SR 1997 No. 173

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

Contents

1 Citation [see Note 1]

2 Commencement

3 Purpose

4 Interpretation

5 Who is eligible?

6 Application not required

7 Assessment by Commission

8 Amount of assistance

9 Notice of Commission’s decision

10 Review of decisions

11 Cessation of operation

Notes

1 Citation [see Note 1]

These Regulations may be cited as the Veterans’ Entitlements (Rehabilitation Allowance) Regulations.

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on 28 April 1994.

3 Purpose

The purpose of these Regulations is:

(a) to prescribe as circumstances in which the Commission may exercise its discretion, conferred by section 106 of the Act, to grant special assistance to a veteran or his or her dependants certain circumstances in which the veteran undertakes a program of vocational rehabilitation, and as a result he or she is, or his or her dependants are, financially disadvantaged; and

(b) to prescribe the conditions subject to which the special assistance referred to in paragraph (a) may be granted.

4 Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

income means income of all kinds, including maintenance income.

the Act means the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

5 Who is eligible?

A person is eligible to receive special assistance, called rehabilitation allowance, if he or she is:

(a) a veteran who:

(i) receives:

(A) a disability pension under section 23, 24 or 25 of the Act; or

(B) an invalidity service pension under section 37 of the Act; and

(ii) has undertaken a program of vocational rehabilitation approved by the Commission; or

(b) a dependant of a veteran referred to in paragraph (a);

and his or her income has been reduced because he or she, or the veteran on whom he or she is dependent, became ineligible for payment of a pension, or eligible only for payment at a lower rate, as a result of undertaking the program.